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Minnesota Vikings at Cincinnati Bengals

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2013 Regular season · Week 16 · Paul Brown Stadium

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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MINMinnesota Vikings14Away
CINCincinnati Bengals42Home
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Bengals beat Vikings 42–14 in 2013 Week 16

The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Minnesota Vikings 42–14 at home at Paul Brown Stadium in Week 16 of the 2013 regular season on December 22, 2013.

The result moved the Bengals to 10–5 and dropped the Vikings to 4–10–1. The Vikings finished 2013 at 5–10–1 and missed the playoffs. The Bengals finished 2013 at 11–5 and lost in the Wild Card round.

In their previous meeting, the Minnesota Vikings won 30–10 on December 13, 2009. When they met again, the Minnesota Vikings won 34–7 on December 17, 2017.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Bengals lead the series 2–1 after meeting No. 3 since 2005 Full series history

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